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October 2020
Birthday of IM Susan Lalic (28-x-1965)
BCN wishes IM Susan Lalic Happy Birthday Susan Kathryn Walker was born on Thursday, October 28th, 1965 in Chatham, Kent. Her mother's maiden is / was Bacon. She has a brother, Stephen. She attended Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984. Susan married Keith Arkell in 1986 and then Bogdan Lalic in Lewes, East Sussex in 1994 and finally Graeme Buckley in Sutton in 2001. With Bogdan she had a son, Peter D, who is a strong player…
Find out more »Birthday of IM Chris Beaumont (28-X-1952)
We send best wishes to IM Christopher R Beaumont on his birthday, 28th October 1952. {[%evp 0,69,19,29,23,-13,4,4,43,17,29,25,27,11,11,11,14,28,35,25,25,19,19,19, 25,19,19,23,54,54,67,36,42,58,35,42,60,70,70,70,197,122,122,124,138,138,156, 156,187,202,272,223,241,247,331,328,355,365,406,357,364,441,512,521,519,569, 610,614,605,633,29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qe7 15. f3 Nd6 16. Ba2 e5 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxb5 19. Qxd6 Qg5 20. Rd5 a6…
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Reginald Joseph Broadbent (29-x-1988)
We remember Reginald Joseph Broadbent who passed away on October 29th 1988 Here is his obituary from the 1989 - 1990 BCF Yearbook, page 14 : BCF Yearbook, 1989-1990, page 14 A detailed biography may be found here {[%evp 0,61,19,38,41,14,14,9,9,7,7,7,25,-5,24,-2,18,22,27,-18,0,0,0,0,11,2,1,8, 6,3,-1,-13,-21,-13,0,0,62,13,107,100,103,82,100,100,167,87,83,115,171,212,169, 241,205,214,437,29988,29989,29990,29991,905,29987,1375,29993,29994]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Re8 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nf1 $146 (12. h3)…
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November 2020
Birthday of FM Gerald Howard Bennett (?-xi-1949)
Birthday of FM Gerald Howard Bennett (?-xi-1949)
Find out more »Birthday of IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964)
We send birthday wishes "down under" to IM Gary William Lane, born this day (November 4th) in 1964. This was written about Gary aged 14 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : "Churston Grammar and Paignton. Rating 173. BCF Junior squad U-14 co-champion, 1978." From Wikipedia : "Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964) is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship…
Find out more »Birthday of IM Philip J Morris (05-xi-1957)
Birthday of IM Philip J Morris (05-xi-1957)
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Jacob Henry Sarratt (06-XI-1819)
Death Anniversary of Jacob Henry Sarratt (06-XI-1819)
Find out more »Birthday of IM Gary M Quillan (07-xi-1970)
IM Gary M Quillan Birthday of IM Gary M Quillan (07-xi-1970)
Find out more »Birthday of IM Alan Baxter Merry (08-xi-1996)
IM Alan Baxter Merry Birthday of IM Alan Baxter Merry (08-xi-1996)
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